What’s on TV tonight: what to watch on Friday 8 April from Elite to Pilgrimage: The Road to the Scottish Isles

Your guide to what’s on television on Friday 8 April
Alex Moreland
By Alex Moreland
6th Apr 2022, 2:31pm
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Here’s your guide to what’s on television on Friday 8 April, from a new series of Elite, new episodes of foreign-language dramas Dirty Lines and The Crimson Rivers, and religious travel documentary Pilgrimage.

I’ve highlighted a top pick for the evening, as well as giving you a quick look ahead at what to keep an eye out for over the weekend as well.

Top Pick

CARLA DÍAZ as ARI, MANU RÍOS as PATRICK, MARTINA CARIDDI as MENCÍA in ÉLITE (Credit: MATÍAS URIS/NETFLIX)CARLA DÍAZ as ARI, MANU RÍOS as PATRICK, MARTINA CARIDDI as MENCÍA in ÉLITE (Credit: MATÍAS URIS/NETFLIX)
CARLA DÍAZ as ARI, MANU RÍOS as PATRICK, MARTINA CARIDDI as MENCÍA in ÉLITE (Credit: MATÍAS URIS/NETFLIX)

Elite Series 5

Netflix

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Elite is a thriller set in a wealthy and exclusive secondary school, following the developing tensions between three working class scholarship students and their rich classmates. Tensions quickly turn violent, and each series sees a flashforward/flashback structure as a new murder is investigated. Series 5 will – spoilers – open in the aftermath of Armando’s brutal murder.

Best of the Rest

Robson Green (L) as Detective Geordie (Picture: ITV)Robson Green (L) as Detective Geordie (Picture: ITV)
Robson Green (L) as Detective Geordie (Picture: ITV)

Pilgrimage

BBC Two @ 8pm

Following ancient paths and heritage walking trails, a number of celebrities of different faiths live as modern-day pilgrims. Interior designer Laurence Lewellyn-Bowen (a non-conforming pagan), England cricketing legend Monty Panesar (a practising Sikh), actor Louisa Clein (a Jew), presenter Nick Hewer (an agnostic), influencer Scarlett Moffatt (a Christian), comedian Shazia Mirza (a Muslim) and Paralympian Will Bayley (a lapsed Christian) all appear.

Grantchester

ITV @ 9pm

The new series of ITV detective drama Grantchester starts to wind down, airing episode 5 of 6 tonight.

Walter Presents: The Crimson River

More4 @ 10pm

The third episode of Channel 4’s foreign-language thriller. All episodes currently available on All4.

What’s new on Netflix?

Dirty Lines goes back to Amsterdam in the late 80s as the Teledutch - a company started by two brothers, Frank and Ramon Stigter - establish themselves as Europe’s first erotic telephone lines.Dirty Lines goes back to Amsterdam in the late 80s as the Teledutch - a company started by two brothers, Frank and Ramon Stigter - establish themselves as Europe’s first erotic telephone lines.
Dirty Lines goes back to Amsterdam in the late 80s as the Teledutch - a company started by two brothers, Frank and Ramon Stigter - establish themselves as Europe’s first erotic telephone lines.

Dirty Lines

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In 1980s Amsterdam, a family starts the first-ever phone sex line but being in the business of sexual desires leads them to question their own. Dutch-language.

Green Eggs and Ham

Dr. Seuss animation.

Metal Lords

Film from Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and DB Weiss about a teenager who gets into heavy metal music.

The Inbetween (2022)

Movie about a heartbroken teen. Joey King stars.

What’s on over the weekend?

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Suranne Jones returns as Anne Lister in Gentleman Jack season 2

Rock Family Trees: The Birth Of Cool Britannia

BBC Two @ 10:15pm on Saturday

Rock Family Trees returns after two decades for a new music documentary about Cool Britannia, the 90s music phenomenon.

Gentleman Jack

BBC One @ 9pm on Sunday

Suranne Jones and Sophie Rundle return for the second series of the period romance.

The Ipcress File

ITV @ 9pm on Sunday

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The final episode of ITV’s 1960s spy thriller airs this weekend, with every previous episode currently available on ITV Hub too, if you’ve missed this so far. (As most people seem to – scheduling it across from Peaky Blinders doesn’t seem to have worked so well for ITV.)

Channel 4 @ 10pm on Sunday

Iain Glen (Game of Thrones) stars in this acclaimed South African crime drama, airing in the UK for the first time on Sunday.

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